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Teenage : the creation of youth culture, 1875-1945

Tells the history of a century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that created a separate Teen Age in Europe and America. In this title, we roam London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches; explore free love with Rupert Brooke and eternal youth with Peter Pan; and the unemployoed and the Lost Generation.Read more...

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"Savage has produced a book that may well change how people think about teenagers - and prompt other youth culture writers to embark on revisionist epics of their own" -- Andy Beckett Guardian, Book of the Week "Savage's England's Dreaming has become the standard work on the subject and his new book deserves a similar accolade... to those of us for whom adolescence already seems like another country, this impressive history serves as a map and reminder" -- Melanie McGrath Sunday Telegraph "Hugely enjoyable, absolutely teeming with life and excitement and ideas, it succeeds on every level. His book is as vivid, as brilliant and compelling - and persuasive - as its subject" GQ "[Savage] can bring a beguiling blend of gravitas, wit, scholarship, and a slyly appreciative eye for the subversive, to any topic he approaches. Teenage provides a panoramic scope for his talents. He rises to the occasion with massive aplomb... a supremely thorough, assured, affecting and involving work" Independent "Jon Savage is a star... necessary and illuminating" The TimesRead more...